What was once seen as merely a Christian observance is now being embraced as an environmental solution. In a striking development, even nations outside the Christian world are embracing Sunday laws.
Pakistan, a Muslim-majority nation where Islam is the state religion, has now implemented its own Sunday restrictions.
Pakistan, a Muslim-majority nation where Islam is the state religion, has now implemented its own Sunday restrictions.
On November 4, 2025, the High Court of Lahore—the capital and largest city of the Punjab province—ordered the complete shutdown of all commercial activity on Sundays as part of an initiative to combat severe air pollution.
The News International, one of Pakistan’s largest English-language daily newspapers, published the following report on November 4, 2025:
• “LHC Justice Shahid Karim heard a set of petitions on
environmental issues and ordered the complete closure of commercial activities on Sundays and strict enforcement.”
• “Breathing toxic air has catastrophic health consequences, with the WHO warning that strokes, heart disease, lung cancer, and respiratory diseases can be triggered by prolonged exposure.”
This decision is yet another sign of the growing worldwide appeal of Sunday rest. It reflects the growing interest that sees Sunday as the key in which the world unites under a common theme. What we are witnessing in Pakistan is part of a larger, coordinated movement unfolding across the world—uniting people of every nation around Sunday rest in the name of health, family, spirituality, and environmental preservation.
As more governments and faith communities embrace Sunday as the answer to the world’s moral and ecological decline, they are advancing the prophetic scenario outlined in Revelation.
“The powers of earth, uniting to war against the commandments of God, will decree that all, ‘both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond,’ [Revelation 13:16.] shall conform to the customs of the church by the observance of the false sabbath. All who refuse compliance will be visited with civil penalties, and it will finally be declared that they are deserving of death” (Great Controversy, p. 604)." AdventMessenger
The News International, one of Pakistan’s largest English-language daily newspapers, published the following report on November 4, 2025:
• “LHC Justice Shahid Karim heard a set of petitions on
• “Breathing toxic air has catastrophic health consequences, with the WHO warning that strokes, heart disease, lung cancer, and respiratory diseases can be triggered by prolonged exposure.”
This decision is yet another sign of the growing worldwide appeal of Sunday rest. It reflects the growing interest that sees Sunday as the key in which the world unites under a common theme. What we are witnessing in Pakistan is part of a larger, coordinated movement unfolding across the world—uniting people of every nation around Sunday rest in the name of health, family, spirituality, and environmental preservation.
As more governments and faith communities embrace Sunday as the answer to the world’s moral and ecological decline, they are advancing the prophetic scenario outlined in Revelation.
“The powers of earth, uniting to war against the commandments of God, will decree that all, ‘both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond,’ [Revelation 13:16.] shall conform to the customs of the church by the observance of the false sabbath. All who refuse compliance will be visited with civil penalties, and it will finally be declared that they are deserving of death” (Great Controversy, p. 604)." AdventMessenger
